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August 15, 2012

Iraqi officials said at least nine people have died after a series of deadly attacks across the country.

In the deadliest attack, a car bomb exploded in a market in Al-Muqdadiyah, in northern Diyala Province, killing at least four people.

Another car bomb exploded in Baquba, the provincial capital of Diyala, killing two people and wounding several others.

Meanwhile, in the northern city of Mosul gunmen killed at least three people in two separate attacks.